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• Lisinopril
  ...ng half-life allows for once a day dosing which aids patient [[compliance (medicine)|compliance]]. The usual daily dose in all indications ranges from 2.5 mg/d ==Adverse effects==
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• 4-Aminopyridine
  ...it selectively and reversibly inhibits Shaker channels without significant effect on other sodium, calcium, and potassium conductances. ...de effects include dizziness, nervousness and nausea, and the incidence of adverse effects was shown to be less than 5% in all studies.
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• Depleted uranium
  ...n their ordinary sense as covering weapons whose prime, or even exclusive, effect is to poison or asphyxiate," also removes depleted uranium weaponry from co ...hey listed [[weapons of mass destruction]], or weapons with indiscriminate effect, or of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering and ur
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• Sulfamethoxazole
  ...t of multiple prophylaxis"] at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</ref>) is a [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|sulfonamide]] [[bacteriostatic]] [[antibiotic]]. It is most often used as ...ntrolled bleeding. [[Neutropenia]] and [[thrombocytopenia]] also are rare adverse effects to be monitored if a patient is placed on long-term therapy.
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• Fever
  ...] and [[enteroviral]] infections.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice |last=Marx |first=John |authorlink= |coauth |title=[[Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine]]
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• Indoor air quality
  ...ound]]s), [[particulate]]s, or any mass or energy stressor that can induce adverse health conditions. Indoor air is becoming an increasingly more concerning ...nclude a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...ssion]], [[confusion]], and [[memory loss]]. Carbon monoxide mainly causes adverse effects in humans by combining with [[hemoglobin]] to form [[carboxyhemoglo ...rbon monoxide toxicity at high altitude|journal=Wilderness & Environmental Medicine|year=2006|pages=144–145|volume=17|issue=2|pmid=16805152|doi=}}</ref><ref>
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• Needlestick injury
  ...to the risk of needlestick injury, thus surgery, anesthesia, ENT, internal medicine, and dermatology tend to show relatively high, and radiology and pediatrics
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• COSHH
  *An identifiable [[disease]] or adverse health effect may be related to the exposure; *There is a "reasonable likelihood" that the disease or health effect may occur under the particular conditions of work;
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• Occupational safety and health
  ...ay involve interactions among many subject areas, including [[occupational medicine]], [[occupational hygiene|occupational (or industrial) hygiene]], [[public ...rotection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of the worker in an occupational env
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• Cadmium
  ...ited States was used for this purpose.<ref name="YB1956"/> The stabilizing effect of cadmium-containing chemicals (carboxylates such as the laureate and the ...link.com/content/n0773057mw738u05/|title = Environmental cadmium exposure, adverse effects, and preventative measures in Japan|first = Koji|last = Nogawa|jour
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• Lead poisoning
  MEDICINE--> ...#CITEREFMycyk05|Mycyk, Hryhorczuk, Amitai (2005)]] pp. 462</ref> Another effect of lead's interference with heme synthesis is the buildup of heme precursor
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• Lead
  ...eel of sailboats. Its high density allows it to counterbalance the heeling effect of wind on the sails while at the same time occupying a small volume and th ...a [[superconductor]] at 7.2&nbsp;K and [[IBM]] tried to make a [[Josephson effect]] computer out of lead-alloy.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://adsabs.harvard.ed
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• Electronic health record
  ...ber 2009}} Fast access to medical literature and current best practices in medicine are hypothesised to enable proliferation of ongoing improvements in healthc ...POE can tremendously decrease medical errors: CPOE could eliminate 200,000 adverse drug events and save about $1 billion per year if installed in all hospital
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• List of fictional diseases
  ...ing is prevented. It evolves at a rapid rate, is spread by [[transmission (medicine)|airborne transmission]], and is extremely [[infectious disease|contagious] ...rmones (i.e. those after puberty and women before menopause) or are taking medicine that include similar hormones. It was released by the President of the Unit
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• Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  ...s]], whose work was later recognized with a [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]. Thomas' work showed that bone marrow cells infused intravenously could r journal=New England Journal of Medicine | volume=157 | pages=491–496|
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• Nefopam
  ...mal studies have shown that nefopam has a potentiating (analgesic-sparing) effect on morphine and other opioids by broadening the antinociceptive action of t ...has additional action in the prevention of shivering, which may be a side effect of other drugs used in surgery.<ref name="Alfonsi">{{cite journal | author=
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• Gabapentin
  ...ffective when added to other antiseizure drugs). In 2002, an [[indication (medicine)|indication]] was added for treating [[postherpetic neuralgia]] (neuropathi ...Syndrome]]). Finally, it may be effective in treating akathisia —a side effect of antipsychotics that causes severe agitation and anxiety.{{Citation neede
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• Tetrahydrocannabinol
  ...society.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/treatments/complementary--alternative-medicine/marijuana/index.aspx|title=Marijuana (Cannabis)|publisher=National Multiple ...[[dronabinol]] had a significant reduction in tic severity without serious adverse effects. More significant reduction in tic severity was reported with longe
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• Cannabis (drug)
  ...and the book "Live Free or Die" by Shona Banda relate experiences with the medicine. ...ion=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=95a842fef02272cc8b862ad11cc89cb8 |title=Adverse Effects of Cannabis on Health: An Update of the Literature Since 1996 |publ
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